Nathan Grunsweigh (1889 – 1937), “house Arthur” Circa 1935

Nathan Grunsweigh (1889 – 1937)
"Maison Arthur" (circa 1935)
Oil on canvas
38 x 46 cm
Signed lower right (Grunsweigh) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Nathan Grunsweigh born Grunzweig is a Polish Jewish painter of the School of Paris. He was born in 1880 in Krakow, then under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1893, his family moved to Antwerp where his father was a diamond merchant. The young Nathan Grunzweig was enrolled in drawing and painting classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Nathan Grunsweigh arrived in Paris around 1908. He married Fanny Edinger and from this union three children were born, David, Adeline Rebecca and Daniel. Before the First World War, Nathan Grunsweigh frequented Russian artists from Montparnasse such as Chaïm Soutine, Michel Kikoïne and Pinchus Krémègne. Nathan Grunsweigh moved with his family to Le Vésinet in 1921, a holiday town for Parisians and foreigners. In 1922, he moved into a house at 3, avenue Sainte-Marie. Then, in 1929, the painter moved with his family to Saint-Mandé. During the Second World War, he escaped deportation. He died in Paris on January 8, 1956 and was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery.